Ilgar Mollachiev

Ilgar Mollachiev (1974-7 September 2008), also known as Abdul Madzhid, was the Emir of Vilayat Dagestan from 1 October 2007 to 7 September 2008, succeeding Rappani Khalilov and preceding Omar Sheikhulayev.

Biography
Ilgar Mollachiev was born in 1974 in Zaqatala, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union to a family of Sunni Muslim Dagestanis. He began his military career at the onset of the Second Chechen War by fighting in Aslan Maskhadov's volunteer units, and he trained with Chechen separatists and foreign mujahideen fighters under Ibn al-Khattab. In 2005, after fighting in Chechnya, he decided to return home to Dagestan to fight against the Russian Army and lead an insurgency against them. Mollachiev became an expert in guerrilla warfare and served as an aide to Rappani Khalilov, and after Khalilov's death he reunified the multiple insurgent cells as the new leader of Vilayat Dagestan. On 7 September 2008, Mollachiev was killed in action by the Russian FSB in the Magaramkentsky District with one other rebel, and Omar Sheikhulayev succeeded him.